The Giant Girdled Lizard, Sungazer (because it faces the sun while it thermoregulates itself), Giant Spiny-Tailed Lizard or Giant Zonure, is the largest of the Cordylus species.
Afrikaans call it Ouvolk, Zulu people Mvedhla and in Sotho is named Patagaly or Pagataly.
Afrikaans call it Ouvolk, Zulu people Mvedhla and in Sotho is named Patagaly or Pagataly.
It lives in its excavated burrows and reproduces only every two or three years producing just one or two offsprings! It can measure up to 37 cm. Learn more by watching this video...
